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The Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) is an instrument of the Paris Agreement in which each state signatory to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) records its greenhouse gas reduction and climate change adaptation commitments. The experience of West African countries in implementing their NDCs is currently poorly documented or harnessed. To address this, ECOWAS is launching the capitalisation review “Stories of NDCs in West Africa”, in partnership with Expertise France, as part of the Global Climate Change Alliance Plus – West Africa (GCCA+ West Africa) project funded by the European Union.

The bimonthly review, which was launched on 4 June 2021, focuses on lessons learned, successes and challenges in implementing NDCs in West African countries. Its key feature is that it details practical initiatives in applying the Paris Agreement, and showcases informal or intangible approaches in implementing NDCs in West Africa that are not usually documented.

The review covers a very broad spectrum of topics, from accessing climate finance to breaking down the climate goals by sector, localising the NDCs, etc. It will thus provide access to lessons learned and good practices identified by the countries, making them a source of mutual learning and benefit within the region, but also for other countries and world regions.

The review will be distributed to national and regional implementing actors for climate commitments, policy makers, technical and financial partners of West African countries engaged in supporting the implementation of NDCs, and civil society addressing issues around climate change.

“The review ‘Stories of NDCs in West Africa’ will enrich our portfolio of publications designed to support initiatives mobilising for climate action. The first issue highlights Senegal’s experience in mobilising international climate finance, notably through the pioneering experience of the Ecological Monitoring Centre (CSE). Mobilising climate finance is a major issue in addressing the challenges of climate change, and the ECOWAS Commission is working to monitor climate finance flows,” explains Sékou Sangaré, ECOWAS Commissioner for Agriculture, Environment and Water Resources.

“In line with our commitment to the region, we naturally support, alongside ECOWAS, the process of capitalising on the experiences of West African states with the common goal of stimulating achievement of the objectives set by the Paris Agreement, a process that is fully integrated into ECOWAS’ regional cooperation mandate,” explains Hervé Conan, Director of Operations for Expertise France.ECOWAS invites anyone interested to visit its social media pages to access a free copy of this first issue of the capitalisation review “Stories of NDCs in West Africa”.

Download link: https://ecowap.ecowas.int/see-document/122